Blog - incident-response

Why Your Incident Response Plan Will Fail (And What to Build Instead)

Most IR plans fail not because they're poorly written, but because plans don't survive contact with reality. Here's how to build response capability instead of just documentation.

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The Question That Made Everyone in the Room Go Silent

I asked one simple question about incident response plans. The silence that followed told me everything I needed to know.

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Feats of Endurance and Stupidity: What Running in Circles Teaches Us About Cybersecurity

What ultramarathon running teaches us about incident response and cybersecurity resilience. Lessons from a CISO on training for chaos, mental endurance, and why preparation beats reaction.

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When Perfect Plans Meet Imperfect Reality

Sometimes the consequences of IR plan failure aren't just about downtime or data. Sometimes they're about life and death.

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From Jewels to Data: Why We Never Learn

The Louvre got robbed. Companies get breached. Both could've been prevented. Here's why waiting for the 'oh crap' moment is a terrible security strategy.

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Automating Ourselves Into a Cybersecurity Crisis

How AI automation in cybersecurity is eliminating entry-level roles and creating a dangerous skills gap, and why we must act now to prevent a workforce crisis.

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